Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
Strategic Council Online: The internal and foreign policies of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, including domestic suppression amidst superficial reforms, aggression against other countries and subservience to foreign powers, have prompted some people to draw a comparison between him and the deceased Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh, Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: After Donald Trump was elected as the president of the United States, since he did not have diplomatic and political experience, the Republican Party, or the shadow government and behind the scene influential persons appointed individuals to guide Trump; these included Rex Tillerson as the Secretary of State; James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and General Herbert McMaster as National Security Advisor.
Tahmores Gholami -American Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: The list of countries subjected to the US sanctions is getting longer and to the same extent Donald Trump’s trade war with economic powers is escalating further. The latest example in the list is the arrest of the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei for allegedly breaking the US sanctions against Iran.
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher of Political Economy of Development
Strategic Council Online: The annual meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, held in Riyadh on December 9 can be described as the most significant sign of divergence between Arab countries, especially Qatar with the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh- Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: OPEC held its 175th meeting in Vienna (Dec. 07) and issued a statement in conclusion of the conference.
Strategic Council Online: British withdrawal from the European Union will undermine the position of the EU, as Britain is one of the countries with a large military and economic power in Europe. Brexit would be a disadvantage to EU.
Morteza Makki, Expert on European Affairs
Strategic Council Online: A Eurasian researcher and expert in Russian affairs, while pointing to the West’s steady strategy of Russophobia over the past few decades speaks about new tensions in relations between the two sides, emphasizing Kiev’s desire not to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: An expert on West Asia affairs says that the most important difference between the current Yemeni peace talks and the previous round of talks is that the Yemeni delegation has been able to sit at the negotiation table despite all the complications surrounding the crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
Strategic Council Online: The internal and foreign policies of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, including domestic suppression amidst superficial reforms, aggression against other countries and subservience to foreign powers, have prompted some people to draw a comparison between him and the deceased Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh, Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: After Donald Trump was elected as the president of the United States, since he did not have diplomatic and political experience, the Republican Party, or the shadow government and behind the scene influential persons appointed individuals to guide Trump; these included Rex Tillerson as the Secretary of State; James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and General Herbert McMaster as National Security Advisor.
Tahmores Gholami -American Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: The list of countries subjected to the US sanctions is getting longer and to the same extent Donald Trump’s trade war with economic powers is escalating further. The latest example in the list is the arrest of the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei for allegedly breaking the US sanctions against Iran.
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher of Political Economy of Development
Strategic Council Online: The annual meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, held in Riyadh on December 9 can be described as the most significant sign of divergence between Arab countries, especially Qatar with the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh- Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: OPEC held its 175th meeting in Vienna (Dec. 07) and issued a statement in conclusion of the conference.
Strategic Council Online: British withdrawal from the European Union will undermine the position of the EU, as Britain is one of the countries with a large military and economic power in Europe. Brexit would be a disadvantage to EU.
Morteza Makki, Expert on European Affairs
Strategic Council Online: A Eurasian researcher and expert in Russian affairs, while pointing to the West’s steady strategy of Russophobia over the past few decades speaks about new tensions in relations between the two sides, emphasizing Kiev’s desire not to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: An expert on West Asia affairs says that the most important difference between the current Yemeni peace talks and the previous round of talks is that the Yemeni delegation has been able to sit at the negotiation table despite all the complications surrounding the crisis.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
Strategic Council Online: The internal and foreign policies of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, including domestic suppression amidst superficial reforms, aggression against other countries and subservience to foreign powers, have prompted some people to draw a comparison between him and the deceased Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh, Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: After Donald Trump was elected as the president of the United States, since he did not have diplomatic and political experience, the Republican Party, or the shadow government and behind the scene influential persons appointed individuals to guide Trump; these included Rex Tillerson as the Secretary of State; James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and General Herbert McMaster as National Security Advisor.
Tahmores Gholami -American Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: The list of countries subjected to the US sanctions is getting longer and to the same extent Donald Trump’s trade war with economic powers is escalating further. The latest example in the list is the arrest of the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei for allegedly breaking the US sanctions against Iran.
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher of Political Economy of Development
Strategic Council Online: The annual meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, held in Riyadh on December 9 can be described as the most significant sign of divergence between Arab countries, especially Qatar with the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh- Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: OPEC held its 175th meeting in Vienna (Dec. 07) and issued a statement in conclusion of the conference.
Strategic Council Online: British withdrawal from the European Union will undermine the position of the EU, as Britain is one of the countries with a large military and economic power in Europe. Brexit would be a disadvantage to EU.
Morteza Makki, Expert on European Affairs
Strategic Council Online: A Eurasian researcher and expert in Russian affairs, while pointing to the West’s steady strategy of Russophobia over the past few decades speaks about new tensions in relations between the two sides, emphasizing Kiev’s desire not to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: An expert on West Asia affairs says that the most important difference between the current Yemeni peace talks and the previous round of talks is that the Yemeni delegation has been able to sit at the negotiation table despite all the complications surrounding the crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
Strategic Council Online: The internal and foreign policies of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, including domestic suppression amidst superficial reforms, aggression against other countries and subservience to foreign powers, have prompted some people to draw a comparison between him and the deceased Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh, Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: After Donald Trump was elected as the president of the United States, since he did not have diplomatic and political experience, the Republican Party, or the shadow government and behind the scene influential persons appointed individuals to guide Trump; these included Rex Tillerson as the Secretary of State; James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and General Herbert McMaster as National Security Advisor.
Tahmores Gholami -American Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: The list of countries subjected to the US sanctions is getting longer and to the same extent Donald Trump’s trade war with economic powers is escalating further. The latest example in the list is the arrest of the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei for allegedly breaking the US sanctions against Iran.
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher of Political Economy of Development
Strategic Council Online: The annual meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, held in Riyadh on December 9 can be described as the most significant sign of divergence between Arab countries, especially Qatar with the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh- Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: OPEC held its 175th meeting in Vienna (Dec. 07) and issued a statement in conclusion of the conference.
Strategic Council Online: British withdrawal from the European Union will undermine the position of the EU, as Britain is one of the countries with a large military and economic power in Europe. Brexit would be a disadvantage to EU.
Morteza Makki, Expert on European Affairs
Strategic Council Online: A Eurasian researcher and expert in Russian affairs, while pointing to the West’s steady strategy of Russophobia over the past few decades speaks about new tensions in relations between the two sides, emphasizing Kiev’s desire not to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: An expert on West Asia affairs says that the most important difference between the current Yemeni peace talks and the previous round of talks is that the Yemeni delegation has been able to sit at the negotiation table despite all the complications surrounding the crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
Strategic Council Online: The internal and foreign policies of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, including domestic suppression amidst superficial reforms, aggression against other countries and subservience to foreign powers, have prompted some people to draw a comparison between him and the deceased Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh, Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: After Donald Trump was elected as the president of the United States, since he did not have diplomatic and political experience, the Republican Party, or the shadow government and behind the scene influential persons appointed individuals to guide Trump; these included Rex Tillerson as the Secretary of State; James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and General Herbert McMaster as National Security Advisor.
Tahmores Gholami -American Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: The list of countries subjected to the US sanctions is getting longer and to the same extent Donald Trump’s trade war with economic powers is escalating further. The latest example in the list is the arrest of the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei for allegedly breaking the US sanctions against Iran.
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher of Political Economy of Development
Strategic Council Online: The annual meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, held in Riyadh on December 9 can be described as the most significant sign of divergence between Arab countries, especially Qatar with the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh- Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: OPEC held its 175th meeting in Vienna (Dec. 07) and issued a statement in conclusion of the conference.
Strategic Council Online: British withdrawal from the European Union will undermine the position of the EU, as Britain is one of the countries with a large military and economic power in Europe. Brexit would be a disadvantage to EU.
Morteza Makki, Expert on European Affairs
Strategic Council Online: A Eurasian researcher and expert in Russian affairs, while pointing to the West’s steady strategy of Russophobia over the past few decades speaks about new tensions in relations between the two sides, emphasizing Kiev’s desire not to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: An expert on West Asia affairs says that the most important difference between the current Yemeni peace talks and the previous round of talks is that the Yemeni delegation has been able to sit at the negotiation table despite all the complications surrounding the crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
Strategic Council Online: The internal and foreign policies of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, including domestic suppression amidst superficial reforms, aggression against other countries and subservience to foreign powers, have prompted some people to draw a comparison between him and the deceased Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh, Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: After Donald Trump was elected as the president of the United States, since he did not have diplomatic and political experience, the Republican Party, or the shadow government and behind the scene influential persons appointed individuals to guide Trump; these included Rex Tillerson as the Secretary of State; James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and General Herbert McMaster as National Security Advisor.
Tahmores Gholami -American Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: The list of countries subjected to the US sanctions is getting longer and to the same extent Donald Trump’s trade war with economic powers is escalating further. The latest example in the list is the arrest of the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei for allegedly breaking the US sanctions against Iran.
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher of Political Economy of Development
Strategic Council Online: The annual meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, held in Riyadh on December 9 can be described as the most significant sign of divergence between Arab countries, especially Qatar with the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh- Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: OPEC held its 175th meeting in Vienna (Dec. 07) and issued a statement in conclusion of the conference.
Strategic Council Online: British withdrawal from the European Union will undermine the position of the EU, as Britain is one of the countries with a large military and economic power in Europe. Brexit would be a disadvantage to EU.
Morteza Makki, Expert on European Affairs
Strategic Council Online: A Eurasian researcher and expert in Russian affairs, while pointing to the West’s steady strategy of Russophobia over the past few decades speaks about new tensions in relations between the two sides, emphasizing Kiev’s desire not to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: An expert on West Asia affairs says that the most important difference between the current Yemeni peace talks and the previous round of talks is that the Yemeni delegation has been able to sit at the negotiation table despite all the complications surrounding the crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
Strategic Council Online: The internal and foreign policies of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, including domestic suppression amidst superficial reforms, aggression against other countries and subservience to foreign powers, have prompted some people to draw a comparison between him and the deceased Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh, Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: After Donald Trump was elected as the president of the United States, since he did not have diplomatic and political experience, the Republican Party, or the shadow government and behind the scene influential persons appointed individuals to guide Trump; these included Rex Tillerson as the Secretary of State; James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and General Herbert McMaster as National Security Advisor.
Tahmores Gholami -American Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: The list of countries subjected to the US sanctions is getting longer and to the same extent Donald Trump’s trade war with economic powers is escalating further. The latest example in the list is the arrest of the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei for allegedly breaking the US sanctions against Iran.
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher of Political Economy of Development
Strategic Council Online: The annual meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, held in Riyadh on December 9 can be described as the most significant sign of divergence between Arab countries, especially Qatar with the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Davoud Ahmadzadeh- Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: OPEC held its 175th meeting in Vienna (Dec. 07) and issued a statement in conclusion of the conference.
Strategic Council Online: British withdrawal from the European Union will undermine the position of the EU, as Britain is one of the countries with a large military and economic power in Europe. Brexit would be a disadvantage to EU.
Morteza Makki, Expert on European Affairs
Strategic Council Online: A Eurasian researcher and expert in Russian affairs, while pointing to the West’s steady strategy of Russophobia over the past few decades speaks about new tensions in relations between the two sides, emphasizing Kiev’s desire not to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: An expert on West Asia affairs says that the most important difference between the current Yemeni peace talks and the previous round of talks is that the Yemeni delegation has been able to sit at the negotiation table despite all the complications surrounding the crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.